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Diverse Nonfiction for Students in 6th-8th Grade: Multcolib

A selection of diverse non-fiction titles created in support of MCL School Corps 2023 Educator Workshop: Engaging Books for Diverse Readers K-8. Are you a teacher that lives or works in Multnomah County? Need a custom booklist? https://multcolib.org/assignment-alert

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25 items

  • Killer Underwear Invasion!

    How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories

    Gravel, Elise,
    Media Literacy. Grades 3-6. Also available as an eBook & downloadable audiobook.
    Graphic NovelSan Francisco, California : Chronicle Books LLC, [2022] — jgn 070.43 G775k 2022
  • A Storm of Horses

    the Story of Artist Rosa Bonheur

    Sanderson, Ruth,
    ARt & Music. Grades 3-8.
    BookNorthampton, MA : Crocodile Books, USA, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc., 2022. — j BIO 759.4 BONHEUR 2022
  • Indigenous Ingenuity

    a Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge

    Havrelock, Deidre,
    Indigenous Studies, World History. Grades 3-7. Also available as an eBook & downloadable audiobook
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023. — j 500.89 H388I 2023
  • Alone

    the Journeys of Three Young Refugees

    Tom, Paul,
    Geography, Multiculturalism. Grades 3-7.
    BookToronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press, 2023. — j 305.23 T6551a 2023
  • Just a Girl

    a True Story of World War II

    Levi, Lia, 1931-
    Workd History, Jewish Holocaust. Grades 3-7. Also available as an eBook & downloadable audiobook.
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2022. — j BIO 940.5318 LEVI 2022
  • A River's Gifts

    the Mighty Elwha River Reborn

    Newman, Patricia, 1958-
    Indigenous Studies, Salmon Ecology, Water Cycles. Grades 4-6, Also available as an eBook, streaming video & DVD.
    BookMinneapolis, MN : Millbrook Press, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., [2023] — j 639.90979 N554r 2023
  • Shelter

    Homelessness in Our Community

    Peterson, Lois, 1952-
    Government, Politics, Social Justice. Grades 4-8. Also available as an eBook.
    Book[Victoria, British Columbia] : Orca Book Publishers, 2021. — j 362.592 P4855s 2021
  • A Different Kind of Normal

    My Real-life Completely True Story About Being Unique

    Balfe, Abigail,
    Health & Guidance, Invisible Disabilities. Grades 4-8. Also available as an eBook.
    BookNew York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2022] — j BIO 618.92858 BALFE 2021
  • Alias Anna

    Zhanna Arshanskaya: a Biography in Verse : a True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

    Hood, Susan, 1954-
    World History. Grades 5 & up. Also available as an eBook & downloadable audiobook.
    BookNew York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers [2022] — j BIO 786.2 ARSHANSKA 2022
  • Star Child

    a Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

    Zoboi, Ibi Aanu,
    Art & Music. Grades 5 & up. Also available as an eBook & downloadable audiobook.
    BookNew York : Dutton Children's Books, 2022. — j BIO 813.54 BUTLER 2021
  • Seen and Unseen

    What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration

    Partridge, Elizabeth,
    U.S, History. Grades 5 and up.
    Graphic NovelSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2022] — j 940.53177 P2752s 2022
  • Pride

    An Inspirational History of the LGBTQ+ Movement

    Caldwell, Stella,
    Government, Politics & Social Justice. Grades 5-8. Also available as an eBook.
    BookNew York : Penguin Workshop, 2022. — y 306.7609 C1478p 2022
  • Health & Guidance. Grades 5-9. Also available as an eBook.
    Graphic NovelNew York : First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, 2021. — jgn 373.1826 ALEXANDER 2021
  • Killing the Wittigo

    Indigenous Culture-based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing : a Book for Young Adults

    Methot, Suzanne, 1968-
    Health & Guidance. Grades 6-8. Also available as an eBook
    BookToronto, Ontario, Canada : ECW Press, [2023] — y 362.10899 M5928k 2023
  • Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults

    Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

    Kimmerer, Robin Wall,
    Indigenous Studies, Botany. Grades 6-12. Also available as an eBook.
    BookMinneapolis : Zest Books, [2022] — y 299.7 K499b 2022
  • Victory. Stand!

    Raising My Fist for Justice

    Smith, Tommie, 1944-
    Government, Politics, Social Justice. Grades 7 & up. Also available as an eBook.
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company, [2022] — ygn 796.42092 S6626v 2022
  • You Know, Sex

    Bodies, Gender, Puberty, and Other Things!

    Silverberg, Cory,
    Health & Guidance. Grades 5-9. Also available as an eBook.
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY: Seven Stories Press/Triangle Square Books for Young Readers, 2022. — ygn 372.37204 SILVERBER 2022
  • The Waiting Place

    When Home Is Lost and a New One Not Yet Found

    Nayeri, Dina,
    Georgraphy, Multiculturalism. Grades 6 & up. Also available as an eBook.
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2022. — y 305.90691 N331w 2022
  • Notable Native People

    50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers From Past and Present

    Keene, Adrienne, 1985-
    Indigenous Studies, U.S. History. Adult non-fiction. Suitable for grades 7 & up.
    BookCalifornia : Ten Speed Press, [2021] — 920.00929 K265n 2021